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Moral Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.
- Mathematics can remove no prejudices and soften no obduracy. It has no influence in sweetening the bitter strife of parties, and in the moral world…
- If man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.
- Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage
- Whoever strikes at marriage either by word or act undermines the foundation of all moral society.
- The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work.
- There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.
- If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
- Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much…
- If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances.…
- The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself,…
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- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
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